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November 20, 2020

Rights Groups Demand Temporary Protective Status for Refugees from Hurricane-Ravaged Countries
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Immigration rights advocates are demanding temporary protective status -
or TPS - for refugees from Central American nations devastated by
Hurricanes Eta and Iota. The climate-crisis-fueled, back-to-back
hurricanes impacted millions, leaving a path of destruction that killed
at least 170 people. A spokesperson for the National TPS Alliance said
"There are no shelters for people to go, roads are underwater, hundreds
of thousands are displaced. This is what TPS was created for." A federal
court in September sided with the Trump administration in its efforts to
end TPS for several countries including Nicaragua and El Salvador,
affecting hundreds of thousands of people living in the U.S.


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